THE I.W.W.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11697, 17 October 1916, Page 5

THE I.W.W.

ITS WAS OH SOCIETY. EXTRAORDINARY EVIDEUGE. LETTER FROM AUCKLAND. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Australian—New Zealand Cable Association. Sydney, Out, 16. < In the treason case - the accused pleaded not guilty and were committed for trial. Bail was refused. Received Oct. 17, 10 a.m. Sydney, Oct. 17. During the concluding evidence in the treason case extraordinary literature was produced. The fol-' lowing advertisement appeared:— “DIRECT ACTlON.—Wanted recruits, male and female, for the Industrial Workers of the World. Must be determined, unscrupulous, and not afraid of gaol or death. Apply to the nearest I. WW. recruiting office. ’ ’ A letter signed by the general secretary of the I.W.W. Hall, London, read as follows:—“Things are rough hare. We are nearly all either interned as enemies or gaoled under coucsription. Most of us expect to be gaoled in a week or so, as from Saturday we are soldiers. They have net caught ns yet, though even then we shall not he soldiers, curse them !” A letter from the Workers’ University. direct action group, Auckland headquarters, contained the following: — "Our edncrtion scheme will deal with economic biology, physiology, scientific sabotage, etc, the most potent weapon of the militant minority. Original dope or ideas will he given out, showing how a few individuals here and there on different nobs can any day and at all times by inceessant silent sabotage, without the knowledge of the boss obtain concessions, particularly of shorter hours, so necessary to enable unemployed to become absorbed. By scientific sabotage, silently and Jesuitically applied, victimisation and detention will become a thing of the past. There were many other letters from various centres advocating sabotage. One suggests the use of “direct action’’ on the judge who sentenced Barker. Others were from a Chinaman at Rangoon showing that the propaganda was proceeding by publications and lectures.